This page exists to to provide an insight into our shifting morass of community standards. These principles and standards are not necessarily the [[Consensus]] of Noisebridge, and anyone can edit this page at any time. Hopefully, the community can ensure that this page continues to reflect what we think.

This page exists to to provide an insight into our shifting morass of community standards. These principles and standards are not necessarily the [[Consensus]] of Noisebridge, and anyone can edit this page at any time. Hopefully, the community can ensure that this page continues to reflect what we think.

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The only hard and fast rule of Noisebridge is to [[Vision#Excellence | '''be excellent to each other''']], further claified by a consensus decision to enact an [[The Anti-Harassment Policy | anti-harassment policy]]. Everything else is ''dicta''.

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The only hard and fast rule of Noisebridge is to [[Vision#Excellence | '''be excellent to each other''']], further codified by a consensus decision to enact our finalized [[The Anti-Harassment Policy | anti-harassment policy]]. Everything else is ''dicta''.

= Purpose =

= Purpose =

Revision as of 10:12, 18 November 2013

This page exists to to provide an insight into our shifting morass of community standards. These principles and standards are not necessarily the Consensus of Noisebridge, and anyone can edit this page at any time. Hopefully, the community can ensure that this page continues to reflect what we think.

Conflict and Emergency

We want Noisebridge to be a welcoming experience for everyone who visits.

We don't have absolute hard-and-fast rules. We do have a page on the Wiki that lists some guidelines that have proved useful predictors of whether you will annoy people.

Please respect your fellow hackers by not disparaging them based on unfair grounds such as race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and income or lack thereof; and by not making uninvited sexual comments toward others.

If someone asks you to leave them alone or to otherwise stop a behavior that is directed toward them, please do so. Continued unwanted behavior directed toward another person is Harassment.

People who harass others or cause multiple complaints of disrespectful behavior may be asked to leave.

It is considered excellent to do-ocratically remove someone who is disrupting Noisebridge, or is clearly dangerous to others.

If someone asks you to leave, it is generally better to leave and return at the next Tuesday meeting than it is to refuse to leave and possibly escalate the conflict into a hurtful exchange.

If someone is removed from the space like this, they shouldn't return to the space except to work out the issue that resulted in their removal, either through mediation, or by attending the weekly meeting.

If you wish to report harassment or other inappropriate behavior anonymously or privately, you can send a message to secretary@noisebridge.net

Why Publish These Standards

It is important for regular users of the space to be aware of the purpose of Noisebridge. If people want to use the space and have no interest in or respect for hacking, this does not mean they are automatically unwelcome at Noisebridge, but they should thoroughly understand that their possibly UNexcellent use of the space is tangential to its key purpose. Consideration of such users' ability to remain at the space will be given over to consensus discussion and is ultimately at the discretion of the membership and other stakeholders.